Culture campus: Newark Museum update marks latest milestone as $100 million mixed-use project takes shape around it

New Jersey’s oldest museum has undergone a significant upgrade, solidifying its commitment to serve as a dynamic cultural hub for the region and beyond. It also is considered the cornerstone of the $100 million, blended-use project that’s poised to link two downtown neighborhoods.

Building momentum

The Museum Parc project is now taking shape around The Newark Museum of Art, as you’ll read in this month’s cover story, as a development team constructs two new buildings with a combined 250 mixed-income apartments, ground-floor retail and additional cultural spaces such as a vibrant, glass-enclosed gallery. The construction along Central Avenue is now about 50 percent complete, as anticipation builds for full delivery in early 2027.

Newark Museum joins LMXD, MCI to break ground on 250 apartments, new artist spaces

Construction is underway on a project that will expand the footprint of The Newark Museum of Art, infusing the property with new mixed-income housing and public and exhibitions spaces.

LMXD, MCI and Newark Museum secure $94 million in financing for arts campus project

A development team has closed on $94 million in financing for a plan to bring 250 apartments, retail space and a new gallery to the Newark Museum of Art’s campus on Central Avenue.

Newark Museum taps L+M for 250 apartments, retail space in $85 million arts campus project

A developer is slated to bring 250 apartments and retail and dining space to downtown Newark as part of a newly announced, $85 million campus around The Newark Museum of Art.